διάλεκτος
dialektos · language
Greek word · Strong’s number G1258 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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dialektos (διάλεκτος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “language”.
The speech of a people; also manner of speaking.
How to say it
di·a·lek·tos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The speech of a people.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Acts 1:19
And it became known to all those who live in Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.
- Acts 2:6
And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together and was bewildered, because each one was hearing them speaking in his own language.
- Acts 2:8
And how is it that we hear them, each of us in our own language in which we were born?
- Acts 21:40
And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people; and when there was a great silence, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying,
- Acts 22:2
And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they kept even more quiet. And he says:
- Acts 26:14
And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’